Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-09
ANOTHER BUTTE ENTERPRISE.
The Splendid Showing Made by the
TuscArora Mining and Smelling
Company In Beaverhead
County.
A Mining Enterprise That Will Create
an Activity In That Section
Surprising to the People
Themselves.

Tho Tuscarora Mining INC Smelling
Company OF Argenta, Beaverhead County,
recently incorporated with a capital stock
OF 400, eco shares OF the par value Of 81
each. by ". A. Clark, Geo. E. lockwood
and J. &. Hammer, is destined to become
q considerable factor in Montana's
already great mineral production. The
successful result attained by tie company
during the past sixty days with its present
plant producing from two and a half to
three tons OF bullion daily which nets the
company over S20Op per ton, after defrayiDg
all transportation and refining charges,
warrants the company to branch out on a
larger scale and, with this purpose in view,
the company conterplates early in the
spring the erection OF q large furnace ofsame
size and design as now in use by the Omaha
and Grant Smelling Company. to handle
the thousands Of tons lying on the dumps
and availab BILE, making this the most COM
.piete plant OF it's kind in the Territory.
The water power Of Rattlesnake creek.
which is one OF the best in this section OF
the country, together with an apparently
inexhaustibie supply OF iron. iima and fire.
clay, has caused the selection OF this loca-
ton as the proper site fer its proposed
works. the property OF the company con
sists OF the Tusrarora, Stapleton and Sill
yer Light (silver-lead mines). Iron Age
(iron), limestone quarry and fire-ciay de-
post. together with land surrounding the
works, valuable for townsite and building
purposes.
a ICscARoRA NINE
is developed by an open cut twenty feet
wide and 200 feet long; one perpendicular
shaft OF 100 feet in depth, with crosscuts
and levels, together with other shafts, in
c!ines, cuts and smaller tunnels. From
this mine ~severe! thousand tons OF first
class lead carbonate ore has been ex
tracted, some Of the ore having been
shipped to Denver, but the greater part has
been worked during the past summer.
There is now over GOO tons lying ia the
yard. The lowest averag e is 25 per cent.
in iesd, 20 ounces silver and SIS gold. In
addition TO the above over 3 900 tons OF
concentrating ere is on the dumps.
THE APLETo NINE
is developed by a shaft 100 feet in depth,
with levels and crosscuts. This mine has
produced over S2o,O 900, but is not being
worked at present, the Tuscarora produc-
ing all the ore the company can smelt with
present facilities. The
LIGHT NINE
is developed by two shafts 40 and 60 feet
respectively. The vein averages 3 feet in
width. The ore is high grade, silver-lead.
The ore that has been shipped from the
mine returned 500 per ton in silver and
lead.
THE IRON AGE
is located in the Blue Wing District about
five miles from the T~uscarora smelter.
This mine produces iron ore OF the finest
kind for smelling purposes. The company
has recently let a contract to take out
1000 tons for Clark's Colusa Smelter. The
vein is 80 feet in width, solid ore. TIE
mine is supplied with all necessary facilities
for working on q large scale. Ore averages
so to IS per cent metallic iron.
d coMPANY's sMELTER,
ON Rattlesnake creek, contains a sectional
water jacket furnace three feet wide by five
feet in clear, together with all machinery
and implements necessary to make Il
smelling works complete. At a. recent
meeting OF the company the trustees de-
cided to arrange for additional reduction
works Immediately. and nave placed fifty
thousand shares Of the treasury stock on
the market to be sold at the rate OF so
cents per share. The carrying out of til
present plans OF the Iusca rora Mining and
Smelling Company will be the initia! stcy
in bringing the great resources OF Beaver-
head county to the attention OF the general
public. and VIC SOON look for an activity iE
mining and sineit'ng circles in that section
that viii surprise the B~eaverheadites
themselves.